Juan David Alejandro Illingworth

Your Life Is in Ecuador, Your Assets Are Everywhere Else: A Cross-Border Legal Guide for Foreign Residents

by David Illingworth | Aug 14, 2026 | REAL ESTATE, FAMILY, IMMIGRATION, ALL

By J. David Illingworth When I moved from Texas to Ecuador years ago, I already understood that changing countries meant dealing with a completely different legal system (Ecuador does not practice common law), a different bureaucracy, and a different way of doing...

Can Ecuador Hold You at the Airport Without Letting You Enter the Country?

by David Illingworth | Aug 13, 2026 | IMMIGRATION

If you are actually stuck in that airport situation, this is what matters in real time Let me slow this down for a second, because this is where people usually lose control of the situation (not legally), but practically. If you are sitting in that room or that...

Hábeas corpus migratorio Ecuatoriano

by David Illingworth | Aug 13, 2026 | CONSTITUCIONAL, IMMIGRATION

Reciente tuvimos un caso interesante, y en materia de hábeas corpus existe una distinción que, aunque reconocida por nuestro ordenamiento constitucional, no siempre recibe la atención que merece en la práctica judicial: una privación de libertad no debe ser únicamente...

Comercio electrónico en Ecuador: cómo comprar, vender y contratar por Internet con seguridad jurídica

by David Illingworth | Jul 18, 2026 | CORPORATE, ALL

Por Dra. Magdalena Vélez ÉgüezActualización 2026 por Juan David Alejandro Illingworth originalmente publicados por la autora en La Hora Hace más de dos décadas la Dra. Magdalena Vélez escribió en La Hora sobre un fenómeno que recién comenzó y ya entonces generaba...